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"If one wants to understand why, from its modest beginnings, the European Parliament has become a major player in EU decision-making, look no further than this book. It presents, to date, the theoretically most compelling, methodologically disciplined and empirically...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-06-08
Collection :
European Administrative Governance
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This book discusses policy strategies for the effective management of natural resources in Africa within the context of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). While natural resource wealth has the potential to lift many out of poverty, sustain...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-06-07
Collection :
Natural Resource Management and Policy
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Increasingly, employees are being falsely treated as ‘self-employed’. This phenomenon – the ‘gig economy’ – is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come. In this book, Colin Crouch takes a step back and questions this logic. He shows how the idea of an employee – a...
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Polity
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2019-06-07
Collection :
The Future of Capitalism
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The popular uprisings in 2011 that overthrew Arab dictators were also a rebuke to crony capitalism, diverted against both rulers and their allied businessmen who monopolize all economic opportunities. While the Middle East has witnessed a growing nexus between business...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-05-23
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During the last few decades, the gap between the incomes, wealth and living standards of rich and poor people has increased in most countries. Economic inequality has become a defining issue of our age. In this book, leading political economist Frank Stilwell provides a...
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Polity
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2019-05-10
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Much of our life involves working, preparing for work, searching for work, or thinking and worrying about work. Whether paid or unpaid, free or coerced, full-time, part-time, or zero-hours, work defines us and helps shape our behavior both on and off the job. In this...
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Polity
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2019-05-07
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We live in a culture of credit. As wages have stagnated, we’ve seen a dramatic surge in private borrowing across the western world; increasing numbers of households are sucked into a hopeless vortex of spiralling debt, fuelled by exploitative lending. In this book...
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Polity
Parution :
2019-05-07
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This book explicitly addresses policy options in a democratic society regarding cognitive enhancement drugs and devices. The book offers an in-depth case by case analysis of existing and emerging cognitive neuroenhancement technologies and canvasses a distinct political...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-04-29
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Using a series of studies, this book shows that ownership structure plays a major role in the national economy as a whole. Inefficient State Owned Enterprises (SOE's) damage the development of private enterprises and overall economic growth in various ways. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-04-24
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Aus der Aktualität des Regelwerks von Basel III resultieren neue Fragestellungen, denen sich Martin Windl auf Basis von mikroökonomischen Modellen nähert. Auf eine Diskussion des industrie- und informationsökonomischen Ansatzes der Bank folgt zunächst eine Vorstellung...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2019-04-10
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This book explores the political economy of Hungary from the mid-1970s to the present. Widely considered a ‘poster boy’ of neoliberal transformation in post-communist Eastern Europe until the mid-2000s, Hungary has in recent years developed into a model ‘illiberal’...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-04-03
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This book revises the existing account of the first Rudd Government's engagement with China, placing Australian foreign direct investment screening policy at the centre of the story. At the time, the Rudd Government was accused of holding an unnecessarily...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-03-19
Collection :
Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy
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The distinctive contribution of this book is the formulation of an integrated social, environmental, and economic framework for public policy. This contribution is realised through investigations and conclusions in the following four domains: a formal stylised model...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-01-28
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This book provides a genealogical study of Australian agricultural restructuring, focusing on the case study of wheat export market deregulation.This policy shift was implemented in 2008, ending 60 years of statutory wheat marketing. At the time, policy makers claimed...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-01-21
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This book investigates under which circumstances vertical unbundling can lead to a more efficient market result. The assessment is based on an interdisciplinary approach combining law and economics. Drawing on the assessment, circumstances are subsequently presented...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-01-17
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Law
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Mihályi and Szelényi provide a timely contribution to contemporary debates about inequality of incomes and wealth, offering a careful examination of various sources of rent in contemporary societies, and considering several policy options to reduce inequality in order...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-12-29
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This book explores goal-oriented action and describes the variety of options offered by strategic management in guiding public organisations. The book is based on the idea that planning is only one option in orienting the functioning of public organisations and applies...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-12-29
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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the energy transformation process ongoing in Germany, now commonly referred to as energiewende, in the European context, with a focus on the electricity sector. It presents an expert look at the origins of the German...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-12-24
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Die Europäische Union beeinflusst das Leben aller Menschen - ob es Studierende der Politischen Wissenschaften sind, die dieses Pflichtmodul bestehen müssen, oder der Normalbürger, der sich fragt, wie sich die Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank wohl auf seine ...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2018-12-20
Collection :
Für Dummies
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This book thoroughly prepares intermediate-level readers for research in social science, organization studies, economics, finance, marketing science, and business science as complex adaptive systems. It presents the advantages of social simulation studies and business...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-12-08
Collection :
Agent-Based Social Systems
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